Myanmar’s coastline is 3.6 times as long as Kenya’s

Kenya: 536 km (2026 edition) · Myanmar: 1,930 km (2026 edition)

Myanmar’s highest peak towers 671 m above Kenya’s

Kenya: 5,199 m (2026 edition) · Myanmar: 5,870 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 50% of Kenya, versus 20% of Myanmar

Kenya: 50% (2024) · Myanmar: 19.9% (2024)

Kenya has 5% more people than Myanmar

Kenya: 57.5 million (2025) · Myanmar: 54.9 million (2025)

Kenya is 18% more densely populated than Myanmar

Kenya: 99 per km² (2025) · Myanmar: 84 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Myanmar is 10 years older than in Kenya

Kenya: 19.5 years (2023) · Myanmar: 29.5 years (2023)

Women in Kenya have 1.1 more children on average than in Myanmar

Kenya: 3.17 children per woman (2024) · Myanmar: 2.1 children per woman (2024)

7.5% of people in Myanmar are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Kenya

Kenya: 3% (2025) · Myanmar: 7.5% (2025)

Kenya: 10.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Myanmar: 0 per 1,000 (2025)

Myanmar has produced 0.2 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Kenya 0.2

Kenya: 0.2 (2026) · Myanmar: 0.2 (2026)

Kenya has 2 official languages, Myanmar 1

Kenya: 2 (2026) · Myanmar: 1 (2026)

Kenya’s economy is 66% larger than Myanmar’s

Kenya: $136 billion (2025) · Myanmar: $81.7 billion (2025)

Kenya produces 17% more per person than Myanmar

Kenya: Int$7,016 (2025) · Myanmar: Int$6,012 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Kenya than in Myanmar (Gini 7.8 points higher)

Kenya: 38.5 (2022) · Myanmar: 30.7 (2017)

46% of people in Kenya live on less than $3 a day, versus 10% in Myanmar

Kenya: 45.5% (2022) · Myanmar: 10.3% (2017)

Unemployment is 5.4% in Kenya, versus 3.0% in Myanmar

Kenya: 5.4% (2025) · Myanmar: 3% (2025)

Myanmar spends 6.6% of its GDP on the military, Kenya 1.1%

Kenya: 1.1% (2025) · Myanmar: 6.6% (2024)

Kenya’s central government collects 14% of GDP in tax, Myanmar’s 6.0%

Kenya: 14.1% (2023) · Myanmar: 6% (2019)

Kenya’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Myanmar’s

Kenya: 34% (2025) · Myanmar: 25% (2025)

Kenya spends 51% more on health per person than Myanmar

Kenya: $85 (2023) · Myanmar: $56 (2023)

A baby in Kenya is 4% more likely to die before turning one than in Myanmar

Kenya: 34.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Myanmar: 32.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Myanmar has 2.6 times as many doctors per person as Kenya

Kenya: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Myanmar: 0.8 per 1,000 (2019)

Kenya has 24% more hospital beds per person than Myanmar

Kenya: 1.3 per 1,000 (2019) · Myanmar: 1.1 per 1,000 (2020)

The suicide rate in Kenya is 4.7 times that in Myanmar

Kenya: 19.1 per 100k (2023) · Myanmar: 4.1 per 100k (2023)

10% of adults in Kenya are obese, versus 8.3% in Myanmar

Kenya: 10.4% (2024) · Myanmar: 8.3% (2024)

43% of adults in Myanmar smoke, versus 9.6% in Kenya

Kenya: 9.6% (2024) · Myanmar: 43.4% (2024)

People in Kenya rate their lives 0.39 points higher than in Myanmar

Kenya: 4.67 (2025) · Myanmar: 4.29 (2025)

Adults in Kenya drink 19% more alcohol than in Myanmar

Kenya: 2.2 litres (2023) · Myanmar: 1.9 litres (2023)

Myanmar has 2.1 times as much meat per person as Kenya

Kenya: 10.2 kg (2023) · Myanmar: 20.9 kg (2023)

Myanmar has 663 kcal more food per person per day than Kenya

Kenya: 2,146 kcal (2023) · Myanmar: 2,809 kcal (2023)

Workers in Myanmar put in 162 more hours a year than in Kenya

Kenya: 2,035 hours (2023) · Myanmar: 2,197 hours (2023)

Adults in Kenya went to school 2.2 years longer than in Myanmar

Kenya: 8.6 years (2023) · Myanmar: 6.4 years (2023)

Kenya welcomed 87% more tourists per resident than Myanmar (2019)

Kenya: 0.03 (2017) · Myanmar: 0.01 (2024)

Kenya has 6 more World Heritage sites than Myanmar (8 against 2)

Kenya: 8 (2026) · Myanmar: 2 (2026)

Kenya has won 124 Olympic medals, Myanmar none

Kenya: 124 (2026 edition) · Myanmar: 0 (2026 edition)

45% of people in Myanmar are online, versus 35% in Kenya

Kenya: 35% (2024) · Myanmar: 45% (2020)

Home internet in Myanmar is 8% faster than in Kenya

Kenya: 41 Mbps (2026) · Myanmar: 45 Mbps (2026)

80% of people in Myanmar have electricity, versus 77% in Kenya

Kenya: 77% (2024) · Myanmar: 80.4% (2024)

32% of people in Kenya live in cities, versus 31% in Myanmar

Kenya: 32% (2025) · Myanmar: 31% (2025)

Kenya has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Myanmar 114

Kenya: 126 (2024) · Myanmar: 114 (2024)

Kenya: 3,819 km (2018) · Myanmar: no data

Airlines from Kenya fly 38% more passengers per resident than those from Myanmar

Kenya: 0.09 (2023) · Myanmar: 0.06 (2023)

Forest covers 42% of Myanmar, but only 6.6% of Kenya

Kenya: 6.6% (2024) · Myanmar: 42% (2024)

The average person in Myanmar emits 54% more CO₂ than someone in Kenya

Kenya: 0.4 t (2024) · Myanmar: 0.6 t (2024)

90% of Kenya’s electricity is renewable, versus 48% in Myanmar

Kenya: 90% (2025) · Myanmar: 47.9% (2024)

The air in Myanmar carries 42% more fine dust than in Kenya

Kenya: 22 µg/m³ (2024) · Myanmar: 31.2 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 89% more likely to be murdered in Kenya than in Myanmar

Kenya: 4.9 per 100k (2022) · Myanmar: 2.6 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Kenya are 2.5 times as deadly as in Myanmar

Kenya: 55.3 per 100k (2023) · Myanmar: 21.9 per 100k (2023)

Kenya is on average 1.6 °C warmer than Myanmar

Kenya: 25.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Myanmar: 24.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Myanmar gets 3.2 times as much rain as Kenya

Kenya: 696 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Myanmar: 2,233 mm (2016–2025 avg)